An edition of Where good ideas come from (2010)

Where good ideas come from

the natural history of innovation

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An edition of Where good ideas come from (2010)

Where good ideas come from

the natural history of innovation

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  • 71 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

This work tracks the history of innovation in the form of the "slow hunch". The author discusses how new ideas form from the scaffolding of older ideas, a phenomenon he describes as the "adjacent possible". Includes delightful figures of how innovative ideas are shifting from one man with a plan for a profit to many minds working for the public good.

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Riverhead, Riverhead Books
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326

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Subjects

invention, creativity, society, openness, innovation, vacuum tubes, evolution, the Beagle, coral reefs, Creativeness, Creative thinking, business, ideas, thinking, inventions, SCIENCE, Motivational, SOCIAL SCIENCE, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, History, Creative ability, Long Now Manual for Civilization

People

Charles Darwin, Charles Babbage, Willis Haviland Carrier

Places

Buffalo, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, MIT, Seattle
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
2011, Penguin Books, Limited
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Cover of: Where Good Ideas Come From
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
2011, Penguin Group US
electronic resource : in English
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Oct 04, 2011, Riverhead Books
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Where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation
October 5, 2010, Riverhead, Riverhead Books
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BF408 .J56 2010, BF408.J56 2010

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Hardcover
Number of pages
326
Weight
544 grams

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OL24369699M
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9781594487712
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2010023481
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526057545

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OL15392361W

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